Mounting bracket



Aug. 9, 1932. w. c. KEYS MOUNTING BRACKET Filed sept. 6.' 1928 /NVENTo/e Pl/Zer C. Keys n l I f l ATTORNEY vPatentedAurea1932., i i. i- -4 i113877L376.1"

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This invention relates to an engine mountmeans of'rivetsr'? and 8 to the side rail `9` of ing, and more particularly to a bracket for. an'automobile oreother vehicl immo.. l supporting an engine lin the` frame of an -The bra'cketalso has a second'ssheet metal y automobile. j stamping or memberlo'formedwith ends 1 1 -5 The problem of supporting an automobile and 12 to andbottom13and'14`anda,c0rru; 5,` engine is rendered more diiiicult by the presgated bac lwhich is complemental tothe ence of yhigh frequencyvibrations .resulting corrugated back 5 of--the stampin 2. The from the movement in a vertical plane of the end 11 has apertures v16 therein whic receives various reciprocating. androtating arts of bolts to clampthe-stamping 1'0 totherarm 1'( an engine which.liighf equency. v1 rations"V of the engine asfshown indotted lines in are transmitted through the metal ofthe en- Figs. 2 and 35 y y lgine to its supportingstructiire. 1111i',addition As shownin Fig. 3, the corrugated backs 5 Y to these high fre nene-y vibrations there are and 1 5V are juxtaposed and a sheet of vulcanv shocks resulting romtlie movement of the 1aed rubber composition-or `other elastic"re,

15 vehicle carrying the engine overroufgh roads silient materialsuch as rubberized fabric or a and from the rapid acceleration'o present rubber compound havingibrous'ingredients day cars andthe rapidldeceleration due to the 1s positioned between* thebacks 5 and 15 and lus@ of fom- Wheel brakes,` l extends, 'as vshown inFigs. 1j and 2, between It is an objectof `this invention to provide the tops 3 and 13' of the sheet metalstampings zo a'bracketforsupportingan engine inaframe as well asthe ttom'i and 14 thereof.A 70

which is so constructed and` arranged that it he stampings 2and' 10 together'withthe will absorb high requencyvibrationstrans interposed :sheet Tof rubbercom sition 18 mitted to it from'the engine, that will provide are. held toetherrin` oneunitby t je shoulder means for limiting and dampeningthe twist bolts 19 w ichextendythrough, apertures in of the frame side member, resulting fromthe the stampings'and' the rubbersheetlas'shown 75 application of the engine. load ina' plane in-l in FigiV A3. l' Avsheetof rnbber com osition wardly from theneutral vertical axis ofthe 'may be fully or 'locally-reinforced with fabside member. Other objects will-'appear in Vric vulcanized within it, andj'it may be made the detailed descriptions which follows: y either by moldin y"itinto formv or'fby trim- I0 The device shown hereinis but one modiming it: out of a at sheet. `A wed eshapedlo ication of the inventive'v idea herein disclosed bushing 20 surrounds the shank o theI bolt' and broadly claimed,. another modification 19 an v fits `between the corrugations 'in the being shown in the application SerialY No. back 5.y vA rubber .washerl 21, a shim22a, a 304,450 filed of even date herewith now Patmetallic washer 22and the nut 23 lit the'end ent No. 1,822,529, of Sept. 8, 1931. v of thezbolt 19 and serve to tighten the'ele- B5 A preferred form ofl` the invention herein ments of the bracket together. p disclosed is described in the following speci- A gusset 24 is riveted,`as shown at 25, to ication and shown in" the accompanyingv the top 3 of stamping 2 and to the bottom side drawing in` which 3 Y of the upper iiange'of the frame rail as shown Fig. 1 is aperspective view ofthe bracket in Fig.'1. j e '1 l shown in position kupon the frame rail. ""s will be obviolsfrom the showing in theY Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1 drawing and .the detailed description given looking in the direction of the arrows. above, -thej bracket provides a connection ig 3 is a section-on line 3-3 of Fig. .1 between theframe railrand motorwhich has looking in the direction of the arrows. great strength against twisting or movement The bracket is indicated generally at 1 in Aparallel' tothefi'ame rail' due tothe rivets 'I g. 1 and has asupporting sheet metal; aiid,imdejcogtalarga vbearing surface bestamping or member 2 vwhich isfoi'niedwith'l, tween the endiG-'a'nd theframeirailand also I top and bottom'sides 3 and 4, a corrugated due to the support for bra'cing'eifect vofthe back 5 and an end 6 which is `fastened by gusset 24 which Ltends to hold the stamping 2 any twisting about the` vertical f with the rail 9 and-also tothe axis. the stamping strength or resistance againsttwisting-of the stampings relative to one another.

The stampings 10 and 12-are held together by the. bolt 19 and bushing20 with a force' no greater thanv necessary to provide against looseness vbetween thev brackets, that the portion of therubber sheet v18 extending between the corrugatedbacks is'not under compression to any'considerabledegree, and the terms substantiallyunstressed used in the claims are intended to convey the meaning that the vstress on the rubber sheet 18 is 'not great. Duetothe weightof the motor the rtionA of the sheet of rubber 18 extending tween. the bottoms and tops of thev stampin is under considerable` compression. The ru ber sheet serves to absorb both the high frequency vibrations vand thefshocks which are transmitted to the bracket in. a manner which is set -forthnin the=following theory cry set forth since the results set forth herein` ing which is believed to becorrect at present but which has not 'been' proved beyond question and` is offered forv the Y. purpose -of clarifying the invention, and itis not intended to thereby limit the invention totheparticular theare obtained regardless of the theory.

Thehigh frequency vibrations are Vbelieved to-be set up bytherapidly reciprocatand rotating parts vof the engine and for that reasonare thought to occur in a vertical plane.` These vibrations are transmitted from the metal of the engine to the bracket and dueto the intimatecontact between the metalof the stamping 12 and the horizontal portions ofthe sheet of rubber between the top and bottoms of the stampings, the .vi-- brations aregtransmitted to the rubber. How'- ever, since the ooeicientoffelasticity of the rubber is very small compared to that of the metal, the vibrations-will not be transmitted from the rubber intof'the metal of the sheet metal stamping 2sothat the vibrationsl are absorbed` vin v the rubber under compression. This theoryvis ingaccordance-with the well known physical law that vibrations are transmittedreadily from a dense medium ,to a raref medium or in other words from a medium of. high .coeicient of elasticity to one of a 10W Furthercoecient of elasticity, but not vice versa.

f.- AThus it is seen that the portions of the sheet of rubber between the tops and the bottoms 'of the sheet metal stampin serve in the present device to absorb the hig frequency vibra.

tions.` v The shocks a'nd twisting motions to which the'bracket is subjected are largely in a horizontal `plane since such effects flow ve largely vfrom the4v rapid acceleration or. dece eration ofthe vehicley which cause the strains in' a horizontal lane due to the great inertia of the engine. ravelling over uneven roads and making sharp curves also tend to set up stresses between the engine and frame in a horizontal plane. Theseshocks and twisting motions tend to cause arelative movement between the frame andthe enginey thereby setting up a type of strain which cannot be absorbed as couldbe done with the high frequency vibrations transmitted through the metal, but the transmission of such strainscanbe dampened, that is their duration vcan be so lengthened as to' diminish the stresses which flow extends'betweenthe corrugated backs of the stamping'sis very (slightly stressed or substantially unstress'ed inorder'that the rubber sheet will allowfor aslight twisting and Y sliding inovernentbrf lay between the brackets which tendswto `dampen: shocks and twisting movements.` While the above theory is believed to be correct, other theories of the operation of the "d'cvficemay be advanced. However, the resultsobtained by the device are such as `to absorb hi h frequency vibra tions and to fdampen' shocks and twisting strains. f

While a preferred formV4 of the invention has been described in detail herein, it is lnot intendedl thereby to llimit the invention to such form, Abut many4 chan es in size. and shape of theparts of the evice whichflie within the scope of the invention will occur to those skilled in the art, and for an understanding of the sco of the-invention reference should be ma e to the claims.

Having thus vdescribed my invention, what I vclaim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

y therefrom. It is fcr this reason -that the portionfoftherubber sheet which 1.v A bracket for'supporting an enginek in a frame comprising incombination, almember adapted to be yfastened to the frame and having horizontal and vertical faces,av second member adapted to be fastened tothe en-v gine and having horizontal and vertical faces complemental to those of the iirst mentioned member, 'and a sheetof shock absorbing material between the horizontal andthe ver tical faces, one of the faces ofthe first inentioned member'being corrugated, the complemental face ofthe second member being correspondingly corrugated.

2 'A .bracket for supporting an engine in "Y a frame comprisin .engine and havin in combination, a member adapted to be astened to the frame and aving horizontal and vertical faces, a second member adapted to be fastened to the horizontal and vertical faces complementa to those of the first mentioned lnember, and ing material between the horizontal and the vertical faces, the complemental vertical faces of the two members being corrugated.

3. A bracket for a frame comprisin in combination, a member ada ted to be astened to the frame and having orizontal and vertical faces, a second member adapted to be fastened to the engine and havin horizontal and vertical faces complementa to those of the first mentioned member, and a sheet of shock absorb- A ing material between the horizontal and the to be fastened to the zontal and vertical vertical faces, the complemental vertical faces of the two members bein corrugated, the horizontal sheet of shock absorbing ma. l normally being under compression and the vertical sheet of shock absorblng material normali being substantiall 4. A racket for supportmg an engine in a frame comprising in combination, a sheet be fastened tothe faces, a second sheet metal to be fastened to the engine and having horizontal and vertical faces those of the first mentioned sheet metal stamping, and a rubber sheet between the horizontal and the vertical faces, the complemental vertical faces of the -two sheet metal stampings being corrugated.

5. A bracket for supporting an engine' in a frame comprising in combination, a sheet metal stamping adapted to be fastened to the frame and having horizontal and vertical aces, a second sheet metal stamping adapted engine and having horifaces complemental to the first mentioned sheet metal and a rubber sheet between the and the vertical faces, the comthose of stamping, horizontal plemental vertical faces of the two sheet metal stampings being corrugated, the hori-, zontal portlon of the rubber sheet normally ingl under compression and the vertical portion of the rubber sheet normally l substantially unstressed.

Signed at Detroit, CountggY cf Wayne, State of Michigan, this 30th da of June l a sheet of shock absorb-l supporting an engine in complemental to` 

